Cancer in Australia: in brief 2010 presents key points and trends from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s biennial report about cancer in Australia, Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2010.

ISSN: 1039-3307

ISBN: 978-1-74249-081-6

Cat. no: CAN 55

Pages: 28

Findings from this report:

108,368 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in Australia in 2007

The age-standardised mortality rate has decreased by 16% from 1982

The most common type of newly diagnosed cancer was prostate cancer in males, and breast cancer in females

Between 2003 and 2007, mortality rates of cancer varied across different population groups